Summer Studies

REV. 6/16/11

This summer we will again be asking all of our students to participate in the Summer Skills program. The program is very helpful in keeping our students math and language arts skills sharp over the summer and helps to reduce the transition time back into learning in the fall. The booklets will be on sale in early June on a first come, first served basis. Students may complete a comparable program (e.g., Kumon, Huntington) in place of the Summer Skills. Proof of participation should be submitted on the first day of school in place of the completed workbooks.  More details will follow.   Please e-mail Ms. Gray if you have any questions.

The books sale for $16 each and are available on a first come, first serve basis.  Check with Kerry in the office to see what we have left.  Books can also be ordered online at: http://www.summerskills.com/index.html

Summer Math

All students, K-7, are being asked to complete the Summer Skills Math Book that corresponds with the grade they just completed. Those of you with students who are going into 8th,  your students will be completing the Pre-Algebra Book.

Summer Reading and Writing (Language Arts)

Pre-K students:  Mrs. Davis will create a packet for her class which is considered optional.

Students currently in grades K-2 are asked to complete the Summer Skills Language Arts book that corresponds to the grade which they just completed.

Students going into grades 4th – 8th will be asked to complete some kind of book report using a novel that will be discussed at the start of the school year.

Incoming 4th Grade Book:

Terror in the Zoo or Volcano Disaster by Peg Kehret

4th Grade Author Study Packet

Incoming 5th Grade Book:

Blood On the River: James Town 1607 by Elisa Carbone.

  5th Gr Historical Fiction Book Report

Incoming 6th Grade Book:

True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by: Avi

  6th Grade Book Report Form

Incoming 7th Grade Book:

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

OR

The Cay by Theodore Taylor

  Witch of Blackbird Pond Summer Packet 2011

The Cay Summer Packet 2011

Incoming 8th Grade Book:

Fever 1793 by Laurie Anderson

Fever 1793 Summer Packet 2011